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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Red Shirt in Parliament,

From the Whitehall Review (London.)
1t was curious sight to see the great
Sioux chief Ogita Sa, or Red Shirt,
slowly pacing in all the bravery of
his paint and feathers through the
Hobbies of the House of Commons, with
little groups of amazed grave and
admiring members DIGGING his heels.
With grave face of unalterable COM
posure Red Shirt surveyed the libra
ries in which the learning OF the ages is
stored up, but for g. moment
something like surprise crossed his
face when he was SHOWN the endless
series of volumes of Hansard, and was
assured that the speeches OF all "the
braves" and "young men" were pre-
served therein for centuries. What
we say we say" observed the chief,
shut our words are gone like the wind. -
+ Never before has redskin brave
been within the walls OF our present
Parliament. But red men have been
in London once and again. In
the tea-cup times of Anne there were
four Indian chiefs who came over in
ITO to offer their devotion to Her
Majesty, and who were made much OF
and shown all that there was to see,
and wondered at by wits and fine
ladies, and entertained by puppet
shows, and served as themes for the
wit of the Taller and the Stpec-
tator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
PEOPLE WE HEAD OF.

ADJT.-GEN. DRUM is failing in health.
LORD HARRINGTON wishes to take O.
rest.
ROSE TERRY COOKE is writing "Let-
ters to Country Girls"
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX is ahead
$12,5 500 in a recent mining specula-
ton.
MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE read a
poem before the Queens semi-centen-
NAL, at Newport.
Ex-UNITED STATES Treasurer Gilfill-
an and his wife are spending the sum-
mer at Long Branch.
THE horse Gen. Sherman rode on
his march to the sea has been sold in
Madison County for $3.50.
VII. GREEN, the new premier of the
Sandwich Islands, is q member of the
Grand Army Of the Req ublic.
E. G. STEDMAN, the poet, and his
Newcastle, n. f., for the season.
PROF. GRAY, the electrician, has in
vented machine by which man
Can sign check /, 900 miles away.
QUEEN VICTORIA has taken to carry
ing g. walking stick, not for vanity,
but because she needs it's support.
DR.. JowETT, Masters of Balliol, is
regaining his health, but will not be
able to resume work for some
months.
GEN. SIGEL, now visiting his old
battlehelds in Missouri, is writing q
history of his campaign to be pub
lished in German.
Miss CLEVELAND, in her recent art1-
Gle on patriotism, urges all American
girls to be as American as they can.
She heartily condemns the fashion of
being Every English, you know" and
says that it is the beginning of disloy-
atty.
The Rev. and Miss Marian Muir
dock, pastor of the Unitarian Church
of Humboldt, Kansas, has received the
degree of Bachelor of Divinity from
the Meadville (Penn.) Theological
Seminary She is SO years of age and
| breaches eloquently.
MRS. MARY MAPEs DODGE, the
brilliant and popular editor of St.
Nicholas, was g. young widow before
she ever entertained the idea of writ
ing for publication. The first contri-
button she ever sent to a magazine
was promptly accepted and there was
an instant demand for her sketches.
MARK TWAIN says that he cannot
write in the cold months. Pointing
from his billiard room one March
day down to the summer house In
sight, he said to the writer: "There,
| when | get In that with leaves and
birds about me, can write. In the
winter l can do nothing that suits
me-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
MIDSUMMER MADNESS.
BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE,

'Bring hither, bring hither my red bandbox;
Bring hither my bandbOx green,
And my bandbox brown from London town.
And my box of silvern sheen.
And it's oh for my trunk of leather tough;
And my trunk of oak ribbed zinc;
And my trunk so tough, of canvas stuff,
That will bulge but viii not shrink.
'fOh. pile them high with the robes wear,
Till their lids they overflow;
NJ = lord be VIII stare and exc he viii swear
but IN they will have to CO."
ooh waly. waly, my layde fair,
Now whittier and will We feeG"
'eTo Mount st. Bushall, of-Worri-Ancair
GU Conyie-by- the-Sea."
They have seized her boxes. one and all,
In the tavern Lafitte de Kidd,
And loudly for help the porterS CALL
AS they stack them up in entry and hall.
And pile them high against bulkhead and wall
But wherever they stow them great and small
Far out of her reach they are slid.
Her room is a cell fathom long,
Her he'd is thing of fears;
Where sill night long the nOiseless song
OF the wingless bird she hears,
And her lord he lies in hallway lone,
On @ sleep-destroying cot,
Where she hears him groan in wrathful tone
''It's-"(Hush) "It's-''Csh Hush D-'hot
And all this time in their home in town,
A mansion of cold gray stone,
There are peaceful giOOms in seventeen rooms,
Where the burglar sleeps alone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
A just Judge.
From the Arkansaw Trayele


Justice Ito pr osecuting with ess) IA
Now, state your case as briefly as 70
can.
Prosecuting Witness-I will, your
honor. [ am a stationer, and this
morning this man came into my house
and says:
"Have you got any black ink ?"
eyes," l replied.
"Jet black ?"
eyes"
"Will it turn black after awhile, or
will it write black at once?"
"Writes black at once"
"Jet black?"
eyes,"
"'You're liar,' and with that your
honor, he turned to walk out, and
when I laid my hand on
him gently, intending to ask
for an explanation of his
curious conduct, he wheeled around
and knocked me down."
Justice-This is rather an interest
ing case. You are stationer, eh?
Prosecuting Witness-Yes, sir.
Sand have you really got any black
ink?"
eyes, sir"
"Black rs soon as you write with
it?"
"Yes, SIR
Justice latter moments rehection)
You are liar. The prisoner ia dis.
charged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Still a Soldier in His Tastes.
From the Pittsburg Times.

rEOH Inc ElbtSDulS Lines.
Though broken IN years and health
the emperor of Germany lives the
simple soldier life of his youth. The
bed on which he has slept for seventy
years is one of pine, without orna-
mentation of any kind, and he rises
from it regularly between and Z
every morning when his strength per-
mits. Beyond q big clothes press and
mirror his room is without furniture.
His cover by night is an eiderdown
quilt, but if the night is very cold he
throws over the quilt his military
cloak. When he rises he takes a cup
of coffee and Carlsbad wafer and
goes to work. An evidence OF his
strength as well as his simplicity of
life, is that for fifty years he has not
been known, when in health, to lie
upon a sofa; has never owned dress
ng gown or a pair Of slippers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
FARM AND HOME.
The Old Fashioned Kitchen.

The old fashioned kitchen, with kettles and
pans
And gable-roof reaching above it,
With daisies and lilies and sparrow grass" beds
All scattered about-oh, love it
At noon what feast, when the pies are nicely
baked,
From the oven with fragrance came greeting
I've wandered all over but never have found
place so delicious for eating.
The ivy that clings to the old kitchen porch.
Swings gracefully. quiet and steady
Where expectant l sit as l wait for the call
Which tells me that dinner is ready"
A sweet little maiden whose elbows are hecked
By the traces of dough and off1our;
A china bowl trimming with roses DIS rare
AS e'er graced queen and her dover.
The pie crust so crispy and biscuits so brown
The roast-rib SO succuent, tender,
The coffee so fragrant and eggs yellow gold
The waitress, twice over send her.
The strawberry sauce and the green lettuce dish.
The radishes 'spappy," all lay there
IT'S a feast for the gods cannot resist,
Quite man-like and hungry, but stay there.
The old fashioned kitchen, with kettles and
pans
And gable-root reaching above it,
With daisies and lilies and sparrow grass beds
All scattered about oh, love 1t
A sweet little maiden whose elbows are fiecked
By the traces of dough and of -four
She won the way unto my heart, and guess
Twas done by her kitchens endower.
III. S. Keller, in Good Housekeeping.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
A FrenChman Surprised.
Cor. New York Mail and Express

Cor. New York Mail and Express,
If the French fighter succeeds in
landing blow, it generally does the
business. And if, gentle reader, with
q fondness for legitimate boxing, YOU
should ever come in contact with a
Frenchman on his muscle, look out
for him. In the middle of your alter
cation he will suddenly turn his back
to you, throw himself forward as if
about to turn handspring, and
shoot out his heels after the manner
ola government mule. His aim is to
fracture you somewhere between the
pit of your stomach and the middle
of your face. That is the time to lay
him out, and you had better take adj
vantage of it, for you may never have
another chance. There are two ways
of doing it. One is to jump for him
the instant he turns, throw him and
kick him into pulp. The other is to
wait for his heels, "slip" them as you
would an ordinary boxers blow, seize
one of his ankles in both your hands,
turn, with your shoulder under his chin,
rise to your full height and throw him as
near forty rods as you possibly can.
The latter plan has the advantage,
generally, Of dislocating his leg, in ad-
dition to affording various other con.
tusions, all at one time. 1t also as
tonishes the Frenchman.
A French rough once picked up
Maurice Barrymore, the well known
actor, q couple of years ago. Barry
more is g. man who has the best Of
tempers, and never hunts fight.
But it is not good plan for any
man, don't care who he may be, to
60 out on the warpath with Barry
more in view. He was for several
years the amateur middleweight
champion of England, and ne had g.
very unpleasant habit of not knowing
when he was licked. This particular
French athlete-he was professional
dancer, and q man with record-in-
sisted on picking q rumpus with
Barrymore. At the proper moment
he turned and shot out his legs. Bar
rymore evaded them, and dealt the
dancer light tap or two by way of
inducing him to do his trick again.
Ultimately the "drawing'' tactics were
successful; and the trim feet flew up.
In the smallest part Of g. second the
Frenchman was careering through
space with a fearful pain in his leg
and a wild cry of anguish on his lips.
He fell to the floor battered and in.
sensible mass, and Barrymore walked
serenely off in the full sense of having
done his duty to mankind in general
He had given the warlike dancer the
shoulder-throw [ have already de-
scribed-and the mans leg was dislo-
Gated at the knee, beside sustaining q
compound fracture at the thigh.
All of which goes to show that one
can't always tell what one is playing
against in Paris.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Brides for Chianmen.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
History repeats itself in the case OF
the Chinese student, Yam Phon Lee.
About twenty-five years ago Chinese
lad, who had obtained an inkling of
and liking for western civilization,
through association with an Ameri-
can missionary in China, came to this
country, entered Yale College, won it's
first literary honors, and subsequent
ly married an American lady. This
was Yupg Wing, whose career has now
been duplicated with such striking
fidelity. We hope that Van Phon
Lee will rise to as distinguished po-
sition as his predecessor, and be OF as
much service in his day and genera
tion
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Prompt PAYMENT of Wages,

In the busy season of harvesting,
extra help must often be employed.
Nothing assists in making this easy
SO much as paying wages promptly
when due. The extra hand is pre-
sumably dependent upon his daily
wages for support. If ne were not, he
would have steady employment, and
not be able to respond to demands
upon him during extra busy seasons.
The hired help working by the year or
month, and boarded in the farmers
family, are thereby relieved from
pressing need for money. But the
farmer stands in his own light who
does not manage to have money TO
promptly pay all laborers by the day.
They need it more than he does, and
by paying promptly what must be
paid sometime, the farmer gets better
use of his money than in any other
way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Water for Fowls.

While fowls will go q long time with
out water, says poultry writer, yet
laying hens will lay more eggs if their
drinking fountains are kept supplied
with pure, fresh and cool water. 1t is
said that healthy fowl will drink
twenty times @ day, it's heart beats
$50 times a minute; in hot days it
will pant and halt Tor breath. Put
yourselves in like condition: Then
would not cool drink be appreciated ?
The next time you see your flock suf.
fering sprinkle the coop with water,
and give q pail OF fresh water and see
how quickly the fowls cease to pant
and 60 clucking off in comfort. They
will give you extra eggs to more than
pay for such care.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Wrong and Ridiculous.
From the Indianapoli, journal.

AOA11 VIC A11U1uL1d PO11B JUGIudI
1t having been decided by the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union in
committee OF the whole, at Chicago,
that the proper mode of addressing
the presidents wife is MADAME Pres
ldent, that Important question may
be considered settled so far as it can
DE by wrong aud ridiculous decis-
ion
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

somewhat double edged remark that
"a bird in hand is worth two in O.
BUSH"
l think ought to explain the Frau
lein's behavior. The old cook at
Westley wrote to her to warn her
against "that presumin' villun.'' D
Cassell's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

PHILADELPHIA is to have q theater
entirely for amateurs and for pupils
who are studying for the stage. Mr..
&c gorge Holland, the actor. Is at the
head of the enterprise, and is backed
by two rich Philadelphians.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Shade for Sheep in Summer.

Sheep are more susceptible to ex-
treme heat than any other farm ami.
NAL. They take little ex ercise in warm
weather, and feed mainly when the
heat has moderated, nights and early
mornings, while grass is covered with
dew. 1t is cruelty to leave them
where they can get no shade. If none
better offers they will lie down in fur
rows and get their wool exceedingly
dirty. This used to be especially true
when sheep were turned to live on
naked Summer fallows, keeping down
grass and weeds as they appeared
above the surface.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

view, born and kept alive by ignor-
ance only, is mistaken fallacy of the
past, fast dying out, rather than the
sentiment of intelligent, present
thought. The agriculture of to-day is
not based on manual labor alone.
The education of the mental faculties,
as we'll as the training of the hand to
work skillfully, is recognized as an es-
sential in fitting for the life work of
the farm. Upon these, intelligence
and labor combined, rest the hope OF
progress in agriculture. And yet it
may be questioned if farmers fully ap-
preciate the value to their children
of home training and education in
the work and in the business of the
farm. Each year there go out from
the farms young men and women to
assume the work of managing farms
for themselves. Are these young men
and women as we'll educated and
trained in the work and business af-
fairs of the farm as they, the sons
and daughters of farmers, ought, with
their opportunities, to be? We fear
there is yet too mnch of Indifference
in parents In teaching their children
the business of farming, not only as a.
trade, but as g. profession. It ought
to be kept constantly in view that the
training and education needed by the
farmer can largely be learned at home,
and that the practical knowledge thus
gained will be of inestimable value-so
much capital with which to begin the
business Of farming.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

The idea has generally prevailed in
the past, and possibly more by farm
ers than others, that for the business
of farming but little intellectual train.
ing was necessary. A willingness to
work on in the old routine, that has
been transmitted from the practices
of the past, was all that could be safe
" relied on for success. This narrow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Seeding With Oats.

Clover, and even timothy seed, il
sown early with oats, will often make
good catch. There is no trouble
about starting them early and
growing them up to the
time the grain ia heading out
Oats ripen two or three weeks later
than barley or wheat, and these two
or three weeks are usually the hottest,
dryest time of the year. Oat roots
fill the soil and pump it very dry. For
this reason oats should be cut while
quite green, just as they begin to turn
The stalk then will fill the grain, and
clover and grass sown with it will have
q better chance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

TAKE what is in sight and rustic for
more Sarcoxie NO. indicator.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-13
FLORIDA.

Altoona's artesian well is 692 feet deep.
Artesian well borers at Oakland have
reached depth of 900 feet.
c. +. McQuaig's house at Orlando was
burned Saturday. The loss is 81 900.
Capt. w. A. Sheffield has received his
commission as Sheriff of Columbia county.
There is cat in Key West, which, when
after bird or grasshopper, will bark just
like small flee.
Some of the Volusia county papers are
discussing the advisability of removing the
county seat TO DeLand.
One of Key Vests engineers, short
time since, was running one of the fire en-
gines under forged license.
Bennett, the oyster man, of st. Andrews,
reports the oysters in East bay as being
much injured by the late heavy rains
At Waldo, Saturday, Abe Sanders, a no.
torous character, was arrested by Marshal
Mason, for an attempt at murder several
months ago
The Postmaster at Montverde has offered
a premium Of s. 70 the person mailing the
greatest number of letters in his office dur
ing the present quarter.
A carload Of goats passed over the South
Florida Railroad Friday, bound for Camp
BELLS station, in Polk county There were
about fifty head Of them
The fall term OF the Circuit Court for ST.
Johns county viii convene to-day, with
Judge Baker on the bench and Col. 7. A.
McDonell as the State Solicitor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-13
A Very Extrauaeant Law.

F11tpl the Monticello (FTd.) Constitution.
The last Legislature of Florida passed a
very unnecessary law, which, if carried
out. may bankrupt many of the counties.
The law provides that the counties shall
pay reward of IS per head for evidence of
every wildcat killed as encouragement for
the determination of all such animals.
In order to secure the reward it is re-
CURED that the person killing the wild cat
shall go before the County Judge and ex-
hibit the skin, which is taken as full evil
dence of the killing 1t then becomes the
duty Of the Judge to issue certificate for
the amount Of So against the Board OF
County Commissioners. who shall pay the
amount indicated in said certificate at the
next meeting of the board.
Already parties have organized in this
and other counties for the slaughter of the
cats, and some of the hunters affirm they
can make the killing a profitable business.
No doubt there are many thousands OF them
in this county. and it will require large
revenue to pay the extravagant rewards.
AS the Times Union very properly says,
unfortunately no provision was made in
the law for the protection of the county
against imposition of any kind. 1t is not
necessary for the person killing the animals
to turn the skin over to the county, but
simply show them to the County Judge;
consequently persons who are disposed to
90 80, nave III IN their power 10 exhlDlG Une
skin an unlimited number of times, through
different persons, or TO even take them back
themselves, and have new certificates issued
for them"
It is one of the most silly and reckless
laws ever placed upon our statute books,
and will cause financial trouble. The man
ner in which the law was passed shows its
abslIrdity A member introduced bill,
offering a reward for the killing of bear, ETC.,
and to kill it., another member introduced
an amendment, providing a reward of
So per head for all wild cats killed. 1t had
a different result from that intended. The
amendment was received in good faith, en-
tertained and the whole bill passed-and
thereby measure of extravaganza fastened
upon the people. Our County Judge should
be very cautious in granting his certificates
and place a Distinguishing mark upon
every skin exhibited.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-13
Boys, How Does This Strike Your

From, the Brunswick (Gd) advertiser.
The Oglethorpe Club is the name of a club
formed of one dozen young gentlemen of
this city, who are tired of hotel fare, and
propose running a house of their OWE.
They have rented the p. NJ. Adams resi-
dence, furnished sitting-room and parlor
engaged the services of Caterer Henry
Moulding and good cook, stocked
kitchen, pantry and poultry coop,
and three times a day propose TO
have something 10 cat, cooked after
their own idea. They have elected tempo
rary officers, but win ut an early day elect
n permanent President, Secretary and Treas
urer. The following Is list OF membership
a. far as we have learned: Herman, Lloyd,
WrenD, Brown. Cunningham, Farnsworth,
Fleming and Brown. By the rules Of the
club everything is 20 he conducted with rs
much decorum as in the most refined homes
of the land, In short, the place is 10 be- as
near home-like "a Is possible where apron
strings are absent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-13
Postal Changes

Post offices established-Georgia: Xerxes
Meriwether county, on route 1851; nearest
office not on route, Mountville, Az miles
northwest Adasburg, Wilkes county,
special from Washington, route 1905
nearest Office not on route, Clay Hill,
miles south.
Florida: Fairview, Marion county,
special from Heidtville, route 10, 1884, 5 miles
north.
Post offices discontinued-Flor River
head, Hillsborough county. Mail to Par
ish
Georgia. Bright Star, Douglas county,
route Is, 240 Mail to Win.
Postmasters commissioned-Fra B.
Hagerman, Longview, Fla David E. Coop
or, Mayfield, Fla. Robert N. Barksdale,
Adasburg, Wilkes county, Ga. Abbie Har-
man, Xerxes, Meriwether county, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-13
The Personator of the Saviour.

The boy who was to personate the Sa
viour in the Summerville GA passion
play was Eph Harris, colored boy, waite,
for Mr.. Langdon. He is a likely-lookine
black boy, about 81 years old.
whats your name?" was asked.
'Eph Harris"
"Were you to have represented the Sa
viour to-nightl
Eyes, boss; l was TO be holy man thi,
night, but the white folks done stop us.
had my costume all fixed. l was to wear 6
white gown and big gold crown. was t.
be on the stage and the ten virgins around
me. But they done knocked that out.
Boss, do you think the earthquake will
be here tonight" asked Eph.
Being assured that there was no chance
of an earthquake, Eph became laxative
and said:
They done knocked out another ac
where | was to be de Lord driving Adam
and Eve out of the garden of Eden. l wa!
to be a good man sure this earthquake
night